Lantern support



APril 1937- F. B. EMBURY 2,077,101

LANTERN SUPPORT Filed May, 22, 1955 l N V E N TO R FkEDER/c/(fi EMBUR V ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 13, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC 2,077,101 V V LANTERN SUPPORT Application May 22, 1935, Serial No. 22,804:

4 Claims. (01. 248-203) This invention relates to supports for lanterns, torches, etc. and has for its object to provide such a support with means for rigidly holding the lantern, torch, etc. in place on the support and prevent its unauthorized removal therefrom.

Another object of this invention is to make the supporting and locking means self adjusting to various base diameters of lanterns, torches, etc.

A further object of this invention is to so construct the locking means that standard padlocks may be used in connection therewith.

All these and other objects of this invention will become more readily apparent from the detailed description thereof which follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the combined support and locking member.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a sideelevation thereof.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, the section being taken on the line 4$4$ of Figure 1.

In the several figures of the drawing like reference numerals indicate like parts.

The locking support for lanterns, torches, etc., forming the subject matter of this invention, is especially adapted for use in construction work for fastening the warning or protecting lanterns to barriers and walls or for use on motor trucks for fastening the signal lantern and torches to the body or chassis thereof. In lantern mountings for auto trucks and other vehicles it is essential that the jarring of the chassis and body will not loosen the lantern on the support.

It also often happens that lanterns or torches are stolen or carried away by unauthorized persons in which case the construction work or the truck on which they have been used is left unprotected making it a menace to trafflc. To prevent the loosening of lanterns or torches from their support or the theft or unauthorized removal of lanterns and torches the present invention provides a suitable support for the base of the lantern or torch with which it may be rigidly supported in an elevated position on a Wall, standard or barrier and, if desired, locked thereto by means of a suitable padlock so that only a person with the proper key for the lock can remove the lantern or torch.

As illustrated in the several figures of the drawing the supporting bracket comprises a base plate I which is reinforced at the sides by the flanges 2 and 3 and the rear by the flange 4. The flange 4 is suitably perforated to permit the attachment of I the bracket by means of screws and bolts.

The base plate has struck therefrom a pair of overhanging locking flanges 5 and 6 which are arranged soas to engage at spaced points over the outwardly flaring circular bottom of the lane tern or torch to be supported thereon. Mounted to swing horizontally on the base plate I eccentric to the arrangement of the overhanging locking flanges 5 and 6 thereof is the locking arm 1. This arm is made up in the form of an inverted channel and is pivoted on the under side of the base plate by means of a rivet or other suitable pivot is mounted to swing eccentric to the locking] flanges 5 and 6 on the base plate so that when the arm is moved to the right into the dotted line position illustrated in Figure 1 the lug 9 thereof is swung away and clears the circular base of any lantern placed on the base plate so that the base can be readily placed onto the base plate in engagement with the locking flanges 5 and 6. After the base is placed on the base plate the locking arm is swung toward it until the lug '9 thereof engages and overhangs the outwardly flaring edge thereof and the base is held in place between the locking flanges 5 and 6 at the back and the lug 9 at the front.

For the purpose of temporarily holding the arm I in a position in which its lug 9 engages the base of the lantern and holds it in place on the base plate, a series of indentations or blisters V l9, ID are circularly arranged between the lugs 5 and 6 concentric to the movement of the rearwardly projecting portion of the arm l. In addition a lug or blister II is struck up from the rear portion of the arm 1 so as to consecutively engage into the indentations I0, It! as the arm is moved. In this way the arm I is held on the supporting plate with its lug 9 in engagement with the base of the lantern whenever the lug or blister ll of the arm I engages one of the indentations or blisters H], II] in the supporting plate I.

To look the arm I so as to hold a lantern base permanently locked to the supporting base the swinging latch plate [2 is mounted on one side of the arm so as to swing thereon and have the supporting plate engage into one or the other of the notches l3 provided therein. In so doing the latch plate keeps the arm I from swinging away from the base of the lantern and in order to keep the latch plate in this locking position, the locking bale M of the padlock I5 is passed thru the opening IS in the latch plate and a 5 corresponding opening in the arm 1 in back of the latch plate and in line therewith. The looking bale of the padlock then holds the latch plate locked in position on the arm 1 in which it keeps the arm from swinging on the supporting plate to have its lug 9 disengage itself from the base of the lantern.

To release the lantern from the supporting bracket, the padlock is removed to release the latch plate from the supporting plate and allow the locking arm to swing so as to disengage its lug 9 from the edge of the base of the lantern.

I claim: 1. In a lantern support the combination of a base plate, a pair of locking flanges circularly arranged thereon, a locking arm mounted to swing on said base plate eccentric to the circular arrangement of said pair of locking flanges, a looking flange carried by said locking arm and 00- operating with said locking flanges of said base plate to hold the base of a lantern or torch between them on said base plate, a lug carried by said locking arm and a series of indentations formed in said base plate concentric to the movement of said lug by said locking arm so as to have said lug engage into said indentations and hold said locking arm in a plurality of adjustable positions on said base plate.

2. In a lantern support the combination of a base plate, a pair of locking flanges circularly arranged thereon, a locking arm mounted to swing on said base plate eccentric to the circular arrangement of said locking flanges and with one end projecting from said base plate, a latch plate mounted to swing on said locking arm and adapted to engage the edge of said base plate to one side of said locking arm to hold said locking arm against movement in one direction on said base plate.

3. In a lantern support the combination as set forth in claim 2 in which the latch plate is provided with a plurality of substantially vertically spaced notches of varying depths to adjustably limit the movement of said locking arm.

4. In a lantern support as set forth in claim 2 including locking means for locking said latch plate to said locking arm.

FREDERICK B. EMBURY. 

